Sanitary drinking device.



E. M. PARLETT.

SANITARY DRINKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED DEC. 16. 1914.

1 ,1 62,644. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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UNTTED %TAE% EDGAR 1VL PARLETT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SANITARY DRINKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 191.5.

Application filed December 16, 1914. Serial No. 877,473.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR M. PARLETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Sanitary Drinking Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sanitary drinking devices and has for its object to provide an individual drinking device, primarily designed to be used by workmen, travelers, school children, students and the like where it is not practical to carry an individual drinking cup.

The invention has for its further obj eet to provide a sanitary individual drinking de vice by means of which persons can drink from a bucket without the possibility of infecting either the water therein or the bucket, and which can be also employed for drinking from a spigot or fountain without having the mouth of the drinker come in contact with the spigot, fountain or the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide an individual sanitary drinking device which can be folded or collapsed into a very small and convenient size, to be carried in a small shirt or vest pocket, without discomfort to the wearer.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction of the device, and particularly in the construe tion of the flexible bowl and the telescoping stem and in the means employed for main taining the stem and the interior of the flexible bowl in a clean and sanitary condition.

The invention further consists in certain details of construction and combinations of parts, all of which will be first fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view through the device in open operative position. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View through the device in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the device in a partially closed position. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional View taken on line 4.4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view through the flexible bowl illustrating by dotted lines the position a large faucet would assume within the bowl. Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating the position a smaller faucet would assume within the bowl, and Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view through the bowl and through the end of a faucet therein.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures in which 1 indicates the device comprising a normally collapsed flexible bowl 2 of rubber or suitable material, the interior of which is tapered at 3 as shown in the drawings, so as to accommodate itself to close engage ment with faucets or spigots of different sizes, in the manner as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In order to insure an absolute closure for the bowl when the device is in a col lapsed position Iprovide within the bowl and extending half way around the same a V-shaped groove 4 to receive a V-shaped tongue 5 formed in the bowl in the manner as shown in Fig. 4.

Connected to the flexible bowl 2 in any convenient manner is a telescoping stem 6, composed of telescoping sections 7, the outermost one being provided with a flange 8 having an annular wall 9 thereon to fit over the end 10 of the first or innermost section 7, in the manner as shown in Fig. 2, by means of which flanged construction the several telescoping sections are protected from ingress of dust or foreign matter when the device is in a collapsed position, and in the pocket of the user.

Hinged to the innermost section of the stem or otherwise suitably arranged is a cap or cover 11 having on its under side an annular recess 12, and an elongated recess 13, the

annular recess 12 encompassing the end of the telescoping stem, while the elongated recess 13 encompasses the collapsed flexible bowl 2, in the manner as shown in Figs. 2 and 4., so as to securely maintain the device in a closed and collapsed position, and to prevent ingress of dust or foreign matter into the device while carried by the user.

As will appear from Fig. 2 the end wall 14 of the cover 11 may be undercut slightly to receive the end 15 of the flexible bowl, so

as to retain the said cap or cover 11 in its closed position or obviously any other suitable arrangement may be employed for this purpose.

In operation the bowl can be immersed in a bucket or pail of water, such as is usually employed by laborers or workmen, and the water freely drawn from the pail or bucket without danger of infecting the same while the flexible bowl will instantly accommodate itself to ends of the spigots, faucets or fountains in the manner as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, so that water may be freely drawn therefrom without possibility of infecting the same; while the device can be easily carried in a collapsed position in the pocket of the user and maintained the while in a clean and sanitary condition.

Having thus fully described the invention it is of course apparent that the same is capable of numerous changes, alterations and modifications, and I consider myself clearly entitled to all such changes and modificationsas fall within the limit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A sanitary drinking deviceincluding a flexible and collapsible bowl, a telescopic stein thereon, having an open end and a cover for said stem and bowl adapted to close the same.

2. A sanitary drinking device including a flexible bowl, a telescopic stem thereon hav- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ing an open end, and a cover for said stem and bowl adapted to close the same.

3. A sanitary drinking device including a collapsible bowl, a telescopic stem thereon having an open end and a cover for said stem and bowl adapted to close the same.

4:. A sanitary drinking device including a tapered flexible and collapsible bowl, a telescopic stem thereon having an open end and a cover for said stem'and bowl to close the same.

A sanitary drinking device including a flexible andcollapsible bowl, self included means therein to effectually close the mouth thereof when in a collapsed condition, and

a stem for the bowl.

6. A sanitary drinking device including a flexible and collapsible bowl having a tongued and grooved interior to effectually close the mouth thereof when in a collapsed condition, and a telescopic stem onsaid bowl.

7. A sanitary drinking device, including a bowl, a stem therefor having thereon a cover for said bowl and stem, said cover including means for engagement with said bowl to retain said cover in operative position on said bowl.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

EDGAR M. PARLETT.

\Vitnesses C. M. FoRRns'r, C. HUGH'DUFFY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 7 

